Actuality, by Marketplace and Quartz

Museums: Wherefore contemporary art thou?

Sabri Ben-Achour May 19, 2016
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Actuality, by Marketplace and Quartz

Museums: Wherefore contemporary art thou?

Sabri Ben-Achour May 19, 2016
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They said it couldn’t be done: New art in old museums. Actuality visits an auction house to see a billion dollars of art sold in just a week and learn how this bubbling private market is changing staid public art museums in surprising ways.

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